A C extension for CPython is a shared library (for example, a.so file on Linux,.pyd DLL on Windows), which is loadable into the Python process (for example, it is compiled with compatible compiler ...| Python documentation
CPython has supported multiple interpreters in the same process (AKA “subinterpreters”) since version 1.5 (1997). The feature has been available via the C-API. [c-api] Multiple interpreters operate in relative isolation from one another, which facilit...| Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)